O Radix Jesse

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O Root of Jesse, who stands as an emblem of the people

Translator: A. J. B. Beresford Hope (1846)
Tune: [O Wisdom, which camest out of the mouth of the most high]
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O Root of Jesse, who stands as an emblem of the people, at whom kings shall shut their mouths, unto whom the Gentiles shall pray. Come, and deliver us, and tarry not.

Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #19a

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Translator: A. J. B. Beresford Hope

Hope, Alexander James Beresford, LL.D., born Jan. 25, 1820, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, was M.P. for his University for several years, and died Oct. 20, 1887. He is connected with hymnology through his Hymns of the Church, literally translated, for the use of English Congregations, Lond., J. & F. Rivington. 1844. None of these translations have come into common use. In the Cambridge University Calendar he is entered as “Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) Go to person page >

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First Line:	O Root of Jesse, who stands as an emblem of the people
Title:	O Radix Jesse
Translator:	A. J. B. Beresford Hope (1846)
Source:	v. 3 of "O Wisdom, which camest out of the mouth of the most High"
Language:	English
Notes:	[Latin, 8th cen.,] tr. by A.J. Beresford Hope in Sacred Hymns and Anthems (1846), alt.
Copyright:	Public Domain